Daily Archive: Friday, January 22, 2021

Ranks of the Joint Services this morning carried out a search at the Camp Street prison during which a quantity of contraband items including seven improvised weapons were unearthed.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said today it had reached an agreement with Pfizer for 40 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19, allowing it to begin vaccinating people in poor and lower-middle income countries under its COVAX programme next month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says he is “worried” that the first case of the more contagious UK COVID-19 variant is in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Star) Etta Isatu Findlay was on her way to earning a medical degree from the Carlos J.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S.

(ESPN) Mehidy Hasan registered his best bowling figures as Bangladesh beat a depleted West Indies side by seven wickets in the second ODI in Mirpur to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The global release of the James Bond movie “No Time to Die” was postponed to October from April, its producers said, another setback for movie theaters trying to rebuild a business crushed by the coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British police said today they had broken up a wedding with almost 400 guests in violation of COVID lockdown rules, which only allow six people to attend.

(Trinidad Guardian) Australian outfit BHP has confirmed that it’s recent search for oil in Trinidad and Tobago’s deep water ended in failure with the Broadside-1 well being a dry hole.

The approval of two new trawler licences for seabob fishing operations does not breach the quota of vessels that can operate nor does it threaten the international certification of the trade, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha last night told Stabroek News.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday stood by its embattled former Minister, David Patterson who is embroiled in a scandal over gift giving to him and his colleague minister by government agencies which were under their purview between 2015 and 2020.

Asif Hamid recently pleaded guilty to killing Henry Lallman who was found in a shallow grave back in August, 2015. 

An alternative road link aimed at significantly reducing traffic congestion on the East Bank of Demerara is currently under construction and is on schedule to be completed by April.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) yesterday said it has lost confidence in its candidate for the Region Eight council, Jimmy James  and is seeking to replace him and it also accused the GECOM Secretariat of frustrating the proposed change.

In an effort to address the water issues along the East Bank of Demerara, the Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal on Monday announced that $40 million will be put towards the construction of a new well in the Providence area.

Sentenced to 56 years for the 2017 murder of his neighbour Courtney Porter, Foster Gravesande is appealing both his conviction and sentence which he argues is severe.

Residents and businesspersons in the Thomas and New Market streets area are calling on the Guyana Police Force to up their game plan in response to the recent spate of robberies there.

A Soesdyke man died on Wednesday after he lost control of  his motorbike and collided with a vehicle on the McDoom Public Road.

A number of communities around Guyana are being monitored over spikes in COVID-19 cases.

A police constable on duty was yesterday morning hit by a truck in the vicinity of Rahaman’s Park, Houston Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Fifty-two new COVID-19 cases were yesterday  registered as cases in the country continue to rise daily.

The Ethnic Relations Commis-sion (ERC) has instituted charges against four woman who have allegedly committed offences capable of resulting in racial or ethnic violence or hatred among the Guyanese people.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph said the importance of today’s second One-Day International was not lost on West Indies, as they chased a crucial series-levelling win in the encounter at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) was officially launched yesterday at the SleepInn Hotel on Church Road, Georgetown.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha during a visit to the Upper Corentyne yesterday announced that Cabinet had given  a no objection to the design and supervision of the 25-kilometre road which will stretch from Number 52 Village, to the Canje Creek, Corentyne, and is expected to open up approximately 10,000 acres of land. 

Guyana may not be ranked amongst the global elite insofar as the agriculture and agro-processing industries are concerned, but the international portents provide good reason for unbridled optimism regarding the potential of those sectors to contribute significantly to the growth of the country’s economy.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan doubled down on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and flatly denied reports yesterday of a cancellation, in a move that is unlikely to temper public fears of holding the event during a global pandemic.

Former Golden Jaguar midfield dynamo, Kayode McKinnon, has affirmed that the management team of the national programme must be on the same wavelength ahead of the start of the World Cup Qualifiers if they are to create the ideal environment for our players to compete.

Even as the World Health Organization (WHO) steps up its appeal to rich countries – collectively referred to as ‘the North’ to separate them for the greater number of poor countries – to stop hoarding COVID-19 vaccines,   Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries rated in the global rich/poor classification as part of the ‘South’, are calling for an urgent all-inclusive international forum to address the issue of the equitable distribution of vaccinations associated with pushing back the virus.

Sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2016 chopping deaths of a Berbice couple; and 17 years for the 2017 death of a fellow inmate, Rooplall Abrahim has filed with the Guyana Court of Appeal, a notice of his intention to appeal.

A Chateau Margot resident can now digitally control and monitor his home and assorted appliances, and even engage in online studies thanks to  winning GTT’s Smart Home makeover.

Since 1999 the Mckenzie ‘clan’ have piloted a family firm named Sun Crest Farms Inc, through a local business climate that can throw up challenges with metronomic regularity.

With continued uncertainty existing over the return of local football due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a lack of player movement and transfers amongst the varying clubs highlights the current Guyana Football Federation (GFF) January transfer period.

Dear Editor, Land cleared by indentured labourers and used for recreation, cricket, mass gatherings, cultural activities, religious events like Ramayana, satsanghs, Phagwah, festivals like Holi, kite flying, kabadi, wrestling, and other functions at “Four Foot”, Ankerville, just behind the yard of the Jagans, has been desecrated.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA says players who feature in any breakaway European Super League would be banned from playing in FIFA competitions, including the World Cup.

The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables.

Chateram Ramdihal Chartered Accountants (CRCA), a Professional Services Firm launched its Berbice office on Friday January 8, 2021, the firm stated in a press release yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden unveiled sweeping measures to battle COVID-19 on his first full day in office yesterday, with his chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, praising his new boss’ willingness to “let the science speak” in contrast to the Trump administration.

A Lindener was on Tuesday fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to using abusive language toward a woman.

The police are investigating the robbery of an East Ruimveldt resident who was attacked at gun point by a known suspect. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United and Liverpool lock horns for the second Sunday in a row this weekend and the hope is that their FA Cup fourth round clash will offer more entertainment than the Premier League stalemate did at Anfield.

(Trinidad Guardian) A repatriated national has brought the new strain of COVID-19 (Variant B117) from the United Kingdom into the country, increasing fears now over whether health officials will be able to control its spread.

Dear Editor, We learnt of the passing of a great Guyanese gentleman, Philip Allsopp, who this week departed this earthy plane to join the great majority in the other world.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in a crowded Baghdad market on Thursday, killing at least 32 people in Iraq’s first big suicide bombing for three years, authorities said, describing it as a possible sign of the reactivation of Islamic State.

A security guard is now in police custody after he allegedly pretended to be a CANU officer when he assaulted a vendor on Tuesday.

If the Georgetown-based Caribbean Community Secretariat has not been exactly ‘hogging the headlines’ insofar as its role in the regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic is concerned, it appears that the Secretariat is very much in the ‘thick of things’ in terms of coordinating the work of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) insofar as the ongoing engagements pertaining to the recovery of the region from the impact of the virus on its respective economies are concerned.

Dear Editor, I refer to the articles titled, “Gas to shore project requires detailed environment study -Vincent Adams” and “Gas-to-shore project…Int’l lawyer challenges Pres.

Recent and ongoing reports suggest that Caribbean tourism officials are pulling out all the stops to increase COVID-19 testing capacity in the shortest possible time following the decision by the United States to require nearly all arriving passengers to present a negative test within 72 hours of departure.

With world-class oil finds in Guyana and Suriname already having attracted much more than the peripheral attention of the international community, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is beginning to draw an even greater measure of oil-related attention to itself on account of the recent revelation that Jamaica’s potential oil reserves could be as much as tenfold the level of previous estimates, according to a recent detailed study.

Dear Editor, This is to express thanks to the usually perceptive author of ‘Future Notes’ for bringing to attention, hopefully to the present administration, the pertinent recommendations of the Report composed by the Harold Lutchman Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service, which incidentally seemed not to have been read by the sponsors.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James scored a season-high 34 points to help keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated on the road this season with a 113-106 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of the country’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth, quit yesterday amid allegations of workplace harassment in an embarrassment for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Dear Editor, I recently reflected on the influence of the French on our history.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday January 21 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Tombs containing the remains of two children thought to have belonged to the Incan societal elite have been discovered by a group of experts in northern Peru in the boundaries of a 500-year-old archaeological site, the leader of the team that carried out the excavations said on Thursday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Just 13 matches into his One-Day International career, fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has found himself carrying the burden of the West Indies attack.

Early Wednesday, as the sun shone through the open window, I received a short text from my American-born long-time friend writing from her chilly New York apartment, “Today is not a holiday.

A  man accused of assaulting and attempting to rob a Linden taxi driver was released on $75,000 bail after denying the charge.

A young child is groomed and sexually abused by an adult male.

There are some things which defy belief.  There is the former Minister of Public Works David Patterson initially denying that he received presents of jewellery from the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Asphalt plant during his period in office, although as we reported yesterday a preliminary review of other agencies falling under his ministry reveals numerous purchases both for him and then junior minister Annette Ferguson.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 898’s trading results showed consideration of $74,718,149 from 881,469 shares traded in 41 transactions as compared to session 897’s trading results which showed consideration of $92,136,819 from 1,134,994 shares traded in 41 transactions.

A recent visit to the ‘spread’ of a fruit farmer in Berbice revealed a phenomenon that is almost certain to shock those of us whose day-to-day experiences do not bring us into contact with the general environment associated with fruit farming.

ITAITUBA, Brazil,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One man working deep in Brazil’s Amazon said he knows how to stop the illegal logging, gold mining, deforestation and fires plaguing the region: let President Jair Bolsonaro carry out his plans to develop the rainforest.

Dear Editor, In view of the recent revelations from the DHB, the THD and CJIA re ‘gifting’, might it not be an idea for the government to relocate  Cabinet meetings to King’s Jewellery World in Quamina Street, or the three lovely Seepersaud-Maraj Brothers’ establishment in Stabroek Market?

LONDON/FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to supply their COVID-19 vaccine to the World Health Organization co-led COVAX vaccine access scheme, two sources familiar with the deal said, the latest in a series of shots to be included in the project aimed at lower-income countries.

Accepting a black-and-brown America Rajdai is not an actual person. But this narrative is based on what actually happened to an Indo-Guyanese young lady just like her.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Ronnie Nasralla, well-known for his role in the Jamaican music industry, died yesterday at age 90 in his Atlanta, Georgia home.